Iraq Releases Early Election Results -- L.A. Times
So far results appear to be on sectarian lines, with the main Shiite bloc doing well in the south, and the Iraqiya group showing well in Sunni areas. But allegations of fraud could mar the results.
Reporting from Baghdad - As the first, incomplete results from Iraq's weekend election trickled in Thursday, a prominent opposition group supported mostly by Sunni Arabs made fraud allegations that could taint the legitimacy of the outcome.
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MIDDLE EAST
Thousands protest against crackdown in south Yemen.
Sharp elbows, cold shoulders Mark Biden trip to Israel.
Mideast talks hopes in tatters.
Iran's Bushehr plant to come on-stream in 2010: Lavrov
Lebanon resumes defense talks on Hezbollah's military wing.
ASIA
Chinese journalists to get refresher course in Marxism.
Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge cooperation.
Gates: Iran support for Taliban 'pretty limited'.
US drone attacks kill 16 in NW Pakistan.
Six killed in attack on World Vision office in Pakistan.
Thailand braces for political rallies in capital. Thailand deploys 50,000-strong force ahead of protests.
AFRICA
U.S. envoy pushes for Darfur peace deal before Sudanese elections.
43 Somalis die in capital after 2 days of warfare.
Nigerians recount night of their bloody revenge.
U.S. apologizes to Libya for dismissive comments.
EUROPE
Greece rocked by riots as up to 60,000 people take to streets to protest against government.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych forms coalition.
New immunity for Berlusconi.
Ukraine creates new ruling coalition.
Greece warns of worse downturn as strikes loom.
Lars Vilks: why some European artists are building panic rooms.
AMERICAS
Press group: 8 reporters kidnapped in Mexican city.
Aftershock hits Chile as Sebastián Piñera sworn in.
A presidential pat on the head for Uribe.
Haitian president renews call for direct aid from U.S.
Aftershock hits Chile as Sebastián Piñera sworn in. Bachelet ends term as Chile's president two weeks after earthquake. Earthquake-rattled Chile to swear in new president.
Democrats, White House close in on health bill.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Internet helped Flight 253 suspect radicalize, attack plane 'within weeks'.
Jailed Jordanian cleric Is a poster boy for Al Qaeda recruiters.
'Net posse tracked 'Jihad Jane' for three years.
'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16. Why the Jihad Jane Case is a win for the Patriot Act.
'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit US-born women?
Internet aids terrorist recruiting, radicalization, Pentagon says.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Google says talks with China ongoing.
Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo.
Number of Chinese billionaires 'second only to US'.
Slim overtakes Gates, Buffett to become Forbes richest person.
HSBC: data on 24,000 Swiss account holders stolen.
Oil near $82 as traders eye weak US demand.
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